A comprehensive analysis of 39 startups founded by former Razorpay employees How Razorpay Became a Founder Factory Razorpay has emerged as more than just a fintech unicorn, it has become a breeding ground for operator-led founders. Over the past few years, early employees and operators have spun out to create their own ventures, collectively forming…
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🌐 Indian Luggage & Travel Accessories Industry The Indian luggage market, with brands like Mokobara and Nasher Miles, is shifting from legacy, price-driven products to design-led lifestyle and value-focused mass-market travel solutions. Key growth drivers include: Market Data & Trends: 🏢 Company Origins & Brand Positioning Mokobara Nasher Miles 📊 Distribution & Go-To-Market Metric Mokobara…
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Company Overview Founded in 2000, Fractal Analytics is a global AI, data science, and decision intelligence company enabling Fortune 500 enterprises to operationalize analytics at scale. With deep capabilities across machine learning, cloud-native engineering, MLOps, and advanced statistics, Fractal sits at the intersection of strategy, data, and execution. The company serves marquee clients across the…
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Introduction This report analyses Peak XV Partners’ (formerly Sequoia India & SEA) investments in Indian unlisted companies that went on to list between 2020 and 2025. It tracks each portfolio company’s journey from first institutional investment to IPO, focusing on capital deployed, exits achieved, and return multiples measured up to the IPO date. About the…
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Top 5 Funding Deals (Jan 16 – Jan 22, 2026) Deals dominated India’s startup ecosystem this week, with major funding activity across mobility, finance, robotics, consumer brands, and space-tech. Between Jan 16 and Jan 22, 2026, investors backed high-growth companies solving real-world problems, showing that large deals are increasingly flowing into infrastructure-heavy and deep-tech sectors…
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5-Year Interim Order Activity Trend (2021–2025) India’s insolvency and corporate dispute ecosystem runs heavily through the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT). For founders, lenders, investors, and legal teams, NCLT timelines are not just a compliance concern they directly impact recoveries, deal closures, resolution outcomes, and capital recycling. Over the years, the biggest criticism of NCLT…
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Corporate boards in India have expanded steadily over the last seven years but the nature of this expansion tells a more nuanced story. While the total number of director appointments has grown sharply, the composition of these appointments has shifted significantly, pointing to changing governance structures, compliance priorities, and leadership models. This blog breaks down…
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India’s startup funding deals remained active in mid-January 2026, with investors backing a mix of wealth platforms, healthcare models, hygiene brands, and education-led scale plays. Between Jan 09 and Jan 15, 2026, India recorded ₹2,611 Cr across 28 deals. The week’s funding deals were clearly led by a few large rounds, showing that bigger cheques…
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When we think of women’s health in India, fertility often dominates the conversation, and for a long time, that’s been understandable. But the emerging wave of FemTech 2.0 is radically expanding the narrative. Today’s women-led (or women-focused) startups aren’t just solving reproductive issues; they’re addressing the full spectrum of women’s wellness, from sustainable period care…
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Introduction India’s company incorporation landscape witnessed a broad-based expansion between 2024 and 2025, reflecting renewed entrepreneurial confidence and improving ease of doing business across states and Union Territories. While large industrial states continued to add the highest absolute number of companies, several smaller states and UTs emerged as high-growth regions, signalling a widening geographic spread…
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